Detect and report
Assess outage events, record observations, and pass them on through defined reporting paths.
Blackout · BCM · BSI Standard 200-4
When power, IT, or communications fail, coordinated action matters.
The Blackout Mission trains employees to handle outage events safely: detect, report, escalate, maintain emergency operations, and support restart.
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From the first outage to a reliable situation picture.
The preview shows how employees in a business department assess an unclear blackout situation, capture observations, and use the right reporting paths.
What the Blackout Mission covers.
The mission trains safe action during outages of power supply, IT systems, and communication channels. It can be played from two perspectives: as an IT employee or as an employee in a business department.
The mission is aligned with emergency management workflows from BSI Standard 200-4. It does not replace an emergency exercise, but makes roles, reporting paths, and decisions tangible in everyday work.
Planned content.
The focus is on the first decisions and on handing over usable information to crisis management, IT, and business departments.
Alert and escalate
Apply communication rules, respect responsibilities, and trigger escalations in a traceable way.
Maintain emergency operations
Understand immediate measures, fallback procedures, and time-critical business processes in emergency mode.
Two perspectives on the same incident.
- IT employee: assess the technical situation, maintain communication capability, and coordinate restart and recovery.
- Business department employee: recognize the outage, use emergency procedures, observe approvals, and document relevant situation information.
- Shared goal: less improvisation, clearer communication, and better traceability during an event.
Evidence for BCM awareness.
The mission ends with a knowledge check and participation record. It is a lean awareness component for BCM, IT emergency management, information security, and NIS2-related training programs.
- short online mission instead of slideware
- connects to reporting paths, emergency operations, and restart planning
- aligned with BSI Standard 200-4 without making a blanket compliance claim
Frequently asked questions about the Blackout Mission.
Short answers for IT, BCM, information security, and business departments.
Is this a technical emergency exercise?
No. The mission is awareness training for everyday work. It makes reporting paths, roles, and decisions understandable, but does not replace a technical emergency exercise.
Why two perspectives?
IT and business departments act in the same event with different responsibilities. The two perspectives show which information, decisions, and handovers matter.
What does aligned with BSI Standard 200-4 mean?
The mission uses terms and workflows from emergency management, including detection and reporting, alerting and escalation, emergency operations, restart, and recovery.
Is there a participation record?
Yes. The mission ends with a knowledge check and participation record and can be used internally as awareness documentation.
Blackout awareness as an interactive mission.
The planned mission Everything stands still translates BCM and IT emergency management into realistic decisions for employees.